Newark man is fatally struck in hit-and-run

NEWARK — A city man was fatally struck in a hit-and-run accident early this morning, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said today.

Andre Bryant, 21, was hit on Bergen Street and Nye Avenue, near the Route 78 overpass around 12:45 a.m., said Katherine Carter, the prosecutor's office spokeswoman. Bryant was pronounced dead at University Hospital shortly after 1 a.m.

No more details on the incident were available, and the death remains under investigation, Carter said.